It's official: Quentin Tarantino will helm The Hateful Eight

Quentin Tarantino made an official announcement at Comic-Con that he will be directing The Hateful Eight. Set in a snowy Wyoming a few years after the Civil War, the film deals with the tension among a group of people trapped in a stagecoach in a blizzard.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Tarantino, during a panel to discuss his upcoming Django Unchained/Zorro comic, said that yes, they were going to be doing the movie as earlier they were not sure about it, but he decided just now.

The Hateful Eight is set in a snowy Wyoming a few years after the Civil War focused on the tension among a group of people trapped after a blizzard diverts a stagecoach from its route.